Detachable button



F. w. EPPERSON DETAGHABLE BUTTON June' 19, 1928.

Filed May 13, 1926 w N @5MM Patented June 19, 1928.

UNITED STATESv FRANK W. EPRERSON, F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

DETACHABLE BUTTON] Application filed May 13,`

My invention relates to a button provided with means for detachably securing it to cloth. and the like.

`An object of the invention is to provide a button of the character described, having the button and mounting means unitarily associated so that the use of extraneous means in securing the button is unnecessary.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which affords a relatively large area of attachment and which may be applied without mutilating the material to which it is attached.

Av further object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described which is of extremely simple structure and involves the use of a minimum number of parts.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forthin the following description of the rpreferred form of my invention which isl illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the showing made `by the said drawings and description, as I may adopt variations of the preferred form within the scope of my invention as set forth in the claim. Y

Referring to said drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the button of my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view showing the device operatively disposed on cloth.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the device.

.Figure 4 is a sectional view of the button shown in Figure 3 mounted on cloth.

Buttons for use on garments and the like are usually arranged to be secured in place by sewing, and such buttons, when they come olf, must be resecured by the same means. But sewing means are not always at hand when needed, with the result that replacement of the button mustusually be postponed until the sewing facilities are convenient, so that inconvenience is frequently caused in the meantime. Furthermore, the fitting of clothing to a wearer frequently involves the moving of buttons, the new positions of the buttons usually being ascertained by overlapping the parts to be secured together and using the botton hole as a working gauge, but it will be noted that this method does not show how the `garment will fit when 192e. seriaifivo. 108,719.

actually butt-oned, so that the result of this method vis not always satisfactory. In zic-g `cordance with my invention, however, a

button mounting is provided which is formed unitarily with the button and by which the button may be removably-mounted without:` the use of extraneous means, its removability permitting the adjustment ofits positioning to secure the desired fit of the garment parts'. The latter feature, it will vbe noted, is particularly useful in the fitting of ready-made clothing, since the button positions may be readily shifted duringfitting and the Vbutton either left in fitted'position or replaced with a button of some other type. Furthermore, it will be clearly evident that .theV possibility of the emergency use of the button of my invention is a valuable feature thereof. Inthe embodiment of my invention particularly illustrated herewith, the device comprises a button portion 3 having a fas,-y tenerportion 4 unitarily'associated therewith.- As here shown, the button portion is i of a usual discate shape and is pivotally secured to the fastener portion 4 by mea-ns of a shank 6 having enlarged ends 7 and 8, thek y.

portions being appropriately perforated 'for the loose reception ofthe pin'm at least one of them. fr I. i i

'They mounting, or fastening means,`it will `be noted, comprises a back, or supporting member 9` on which is operatively mounted one or more pins 11, such pins being secured at one end of the member 9 for ivota-l movement outwardly thereof and being arranged to have the free end operatively engaged in a suitable safety catch provided at the other end of the member 9; As here shown, the back member is provided With an offset 13 centrally thereof to which the button portion is secured so that increased clearance for the reception of cloth over that provided by the pin alone is thus provided between the button portion and the major part of the member 9.

As herewith particularly illustrated, a pair of the pins 11 is provided by appropriately bending a piece of slightly resilient wire, it being noted that the wire is provided with a loop 13 intermediate its ends and that the pins are normally preferablyy parallel. Means are provided for pivotally securing the pins to the member 9, which is here shown formed of a flat strip of material, such means comprising an extension 14 of the member which is bent. around one side t of the loop 13 to thereby secure the pins to the member and at the saine time permit their pivotal movement outwardly of the back. Means for holding the pointed eX- tremities of the pins secured to the member are also provided, and, as here shown, such means comprises sheath-like detente 16, preferably formed integral with the member 9 and presenting opposed recesses in which the pin ends may be seated, said recesses being so related that the pins will be held resiliently1 engaged therein.

Mounting of the button, it will now be noted. is etlected merely by inserting the intermediate portions ol the pins 11 through av layer ot' cloth 17, and then seating the. pin points in the detent recesses so that they will be held and sheathed therein. In this manner the button is quickly and tixedly secured in desired position on the cloth, it being noted that ay comparatively large surface of cloth is utilized in the mounting of the button and that the back 9 is held fixed in parallel opposed relation to the cloth. It will be noted that the loose mounting ot the button on the member 9 permits the button to maintain a flat engagement with the cloth layer 18 which is to be held buttoned to the layer 17 by the device and which lies, when so held, between the button and the support member 9, so that proper functioning of the button will be maintained.

In the embodiment shown in Figures 3 and 4, the button 31 is secured to a supporting member 32 as in the previously de scribed embodiment, but the pins 33 thereof are sodisposed that when the member is mounted on cloth 34, the pins will lie in substantially coplanar relation with the member $32 and adjacent to the side edges 3G thereoic so that the cloth will actually be gripped between the pins and edges Bti. As here shown, such relation of the pins to the member is effected by forming the loop 37 connecting the pins of greater diameter than is the Width ot the member 32 and appropriately otiisetting the loop engaging extension 38 and detent portion 39 of the latter toward the plane of the button. With this structure, it will now be noted, the cloth 3G is arranged to be gripped by the member 32 in a particularly strong and rigid manner.

While I have herein particularly shown and described a button ot conventional form mounted on the supporting means, il, will be noted that fastening devices other than buttons might be mounted on such means without departing from the spirit of the invention.

l claim:

.ln a device ot the character described, a body member having a back portion pro vided with a mediately disposed hump and having its opposite end portions extending in the saine direction to define a catch and a hinge element, a dise-shaped button having one side resting against said hump, said hump forming substantially exclusive means for positioning said button in spaced relation to the side portions of said back. and a double pointed pin pivotally held in said hinge element and arranged to removably engage in said catch.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Oakland, California, this 17th day of April, 1926.

FRANK W. EPPERSON. 

